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The Red Gate Group, founded in 2006, is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Company based in Chantilly, VA. As an SDVOSB, the Red Gate Group has established a reputation for delivering quality multi-tiered services in intelligence analysis, strategic planning, program management, policy development, operational design, and technology integration. RGG delivers high-quality, customer-centric solutions around the world—from the foxhole to the highest levels of Government. Our motto, "Making a Difference for Country and Client," reflects our deep commitment to national security and service excellence. As an employer of choice, we offer comprehensive benefits including flexible time off, 11 paid holidays, immediate 401(k) eligibility with a generous match, and full medical, dental, and vision coverage through Anthem. Our employees enjoy 100% company-paid life insurance and disability benefits, along with professional development assistance for degrees and certifications. We foster a culture of growth and work-life balance, backed by our commitment to supporting both our clients' missions and our employees' success. Join our team and be part of an organization that values both service excellence and employee wellbeing.

Red Gate Group is seeking a talented Data Scientist to join our team supporting the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in Reston, VA or Ft. Belvoir, VA. As a Data Scientist, you will have a strong background in machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), and large language model (LLM) implementation to drive impactful solutions in a high-security environment. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of hands-on experience in applied data science, including data exploration, cleaning, analysis, visualization, and mining. You’ll lead the design and deployment of ML models for document classification, extraction, summarization, and search across large-scale, real-time systems. Prior experience with production-level workflows, data lakes, and streaming technologies like Kafka is essential.

+ 5+ years of experience in applied data science or ML roles, with strong Python skills and experience in NLP and LLM implementation

+ 5+ years of experience with data exploration, data cleaning, data analysis, data visualization, or data mining

+ Exposure to production-level systems, data lake environments, and streaming data (e.g. Kafka)

+ Experience implementing end-to-end ML workflows, from data prep to deployment and evaluation

+ Ability to quickly learn infrastructure or systems concepts (e.g. how pipelines interface with data lakes)

+ Ability to design, implement, and iterate on ML models for document classification, extraction, summarization, and search

+ Ability to take ownership of data science workflows that interact with a production system streaming millions of documents per week

+ Active TS/SCI clearance

Desired Qualifications:

+ Experience collaborating with MLOps and infrastructure engineers to ensure robust model deployment, monitoring, and retraining pipelines

+ Experience supporting platform components such as distributed storage (e.g. Cloudera), documents indexing/search, and GPU workloads

+ Experience in the development of algorithms leveraging R, Python, or SQL/NoSQL

+ Experience with Distributed data/computing tools, including MapReduce, Hadoop, Hive, EMR, Spark, Gurobi, or MySQL

+ Experience with visualization packages, including Plotly, Seaborn, or ggplot2

+ Bachelor’s degree

The Red Gate Group, Ltd. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The Red Gate Group, Ltd. considers applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state, or local law. Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_screen\_reader\_10\_20.pdf)